File in the "F*** Hollywood" File

Check out the cast list for Oliver Stone's "W" here at IMDB.com

Yes, Gillian Chung is playing an exotic dancer.

So one of the biggest music stars in Asia (for a time, and even if just a pop idol), then a halfway decent actress when given the chance (Beyond Our Ken), ends up playing an Asian hottie role in Oliver Stone's Bush cartoon? (I say that as a full-fledged liberal who hates Stone's films with a passion; just 'cause I probably agree with Stone's politics does not mean that I have to like his hamfisted and obvious films.)

Hmm. A Chen Kaige film to an exotic dancer cameo is a pretty far drop to make, in my book.

Does she assume that the Edison scandal doomed her chances for real roles in Hollywood?

Shu Qi overcame a dubious start to become a pretty good actress.

Good luck Gillian; this is hardly the way to break into Hollywood.